Coleophora is a very large genus of moths of the family Coleophoridae with around 1000 described species. The genus is represented on all continents but the majority are found in the Nearctic and Palaearctic regions. Some authors have proposed splitting the genus into numerous smaller genera but these have not been widely accepted.
As with most members of the family, the larvae initially feed internally on the seeds, flowers or leaves of the host plant but when larger they feed externally and construct distinctive protective silken cases, often incorporating plant material. Many species have specific host plants, discarded larval cases often scattered thickly on affected plants.
Species
Species include:
- C. aasperseola
- C. absinthii
- Food plant: Suaeda maritima
- C. affiliatella
- C. afrohispana
- C. afrosarda
- C. agenjoi
- C. agilis
- C. agnatella
- C. agrianella
- C. ahenella
- Food plant: Cornus
- C. albicella
- Food plant: Salix
- C. albitarsella
- Recorded food plants: Trifolium, Centaurea
- C. algeriensis
- C. algidella
- C. alhamaella
- C. aliena
- C. almeriensis
- C. alniella
- Food plant: Juncus
- C. amaranthella
- Food plant: Prunus
- C. anatipennella
- Food plant: Aster
- C. asteris
- Food plant: Aster
- C. asterosella
- C. asthenella
- Recorded food plants: Prunus, Quercus
- C. audeoudi
- C. aularia
- C. auricella
- Recorded food plants: Ballota, Lamium
- C. basimaculella
- C. basistrigella
- C. bassii
- C. bazae
- C. bedella
- Food plant: Linum narbonense
- C. berbera
- C. berdjanski
- C. berlandella
- C. beticella
- C. betulaenanae
- C. betulella
- Food plant: Quercus
- C. bispinatella
- Food plant: Polygonum
- C. bornicensis
- C. botaurella
- C. brevipalpella
- Food plant: Juncus
- C. calycotomella
- Food plant: Calycotome
- C. campestriphaga
- C. canadensisella
- C. carelica
- C. cartilaginella
- Food plant: Salix
- C. centaureivora
- C. cerasivorella
- Food plant: Teucrium chamaedrys
- C. changaica
- C. charadriella
- C. chiclanensis
- C. chretieni
- C. christenseni
- C. chrysanthemi
- Food plant: Betula
- C. coronillae
- Food plant: Juncus
- C. cretaticostella
- Food plant: Rubus
- C. crinita
- C. cristata
- C. currucipennella
- Food plant: Trifolium
- C. delmastroella
- C. demissella
- Food plant: Juncus militaris
- C. derasofasciella
- C. derrai
- C. detractella
- C. deviella
- Food plant: Quercus
- C. dissociella
- C. dissona
- C. ditella
- Food plant: Amaranthus
- C. epijudaica
- C. eremosparti
- C. ericoides
- Food plant: Aster
- C. etrusca
- C. eupreta
- Food plant: Astragalus
- C. expressella
- C. exul
- C. fagicorticella
- Food plant: Juncus
- C. femorella
- C. feoleuca
- C. fergana
- C. festivella
- C. filaginella
- C. fiorii
- C. flaviella
- C. flavipennella
- Recorded food plants: Betula, Corylus
- C. galatellae
- C. galbulipennella
- C. galligena
- C. gallipennella
- Food plant: Rosa
- C. gulinovi
- C. guttella
- Food plant: Gymnocarpos decandrum
- C. halimionella
- C. halocnemi
- C. halophilella
- C. halostachydis
- C. haloxyli
- C. haloxylonella
- Food plant: Betula
- C. hungariae
- C. hydrolapathella
- Food plant: Amaranthus
- C. inconstans
- C. indefinitella
- C. infolliculella
- Food plant: Santolina
- C. irroratella
- C. isomoera
- C. jaernaensis
- C. jerusalemella
- C. juglandella
- C. juncicolella
- Recorded food plants: Calluna, Erica
- C. kahaourella
- C. kalmiella
- Food plant: Kalmia
- C. kasyi
- C. katunella
- C. kautzi
- C. kearfottella
- Food plant: Salix
- C. klimeschiella
- Food plant: Larix
- C. laticornella
- Food plant: Aster
- C. ledi
- Food plant: Betula
- C. lessinica
- C. leucapennella
- Food plant: Quercus
- C. limosipennella
- Food plant: Aster tripolium
- C. luciennella
- C. lunensis
- C. lusciniaepennella
- C. lusitanica
- C. lutatiella
- C. luteocostella
- C. luteolella
- C. lutipennella
- Recorded food plants: Betula, Quercus
- C. macedonica
- C. macilenta
- C. macrobiella
- Food plant: Quercus
- C. meridionella
- C. microalbella
- C. micromeriae
- Food plant: Betula
- C. minoica
- C. moehringiae
- C. moeniacella
- Recorded food plants: Crataegus, Prunus, Pyrus
- C. nigrostriata
- C. nikiella
- C. niveiciliella
- C. niveicostella
- Recorded food plants: Aster tripolium, Solidago
- C. obtectella
- C. obviella
- C. occasi
- C. occatella
- C. occitana
- C. ochrea
- Food plant: Silene
- C. pagmana
- C. palliatella
- Food plant: Antennaria dioica
- C. paradrymidis
- C. paramayrella
- C. parenthella
- C. paripennella
- Food plant: Suaeda vermiculata
- C. pellicornella
- C. pennella
- C. peri
- C. peribenanderi
- C. perigrinaevorella
- Food plant: Phlomis
- C. picardella
- C. pilicornis
- C. pilion
- C. pinkeri
- C. piperata
- Food plant: Prunus spinosa
- C. pseudodirectella
- C. pseudoditella
- C. pseudolinosyris
- C. pseudopoecilella
- C. pseudorepentis
- C. pseudosquamosella
- C. ptarmica
- Food plant: Juncus
- C. quadristrigella
- C. quadruplex
- C. quercicola
- Food plant: Quercus
- C. ramitella
- C. ramosella
- Food plant: Solidago virga-aurea
- C. rectilineella
- C. remizella
- C. repentis
- C. retifera
- C. rhanteriella
- Food plant: Rosa
- C. rudella
- C. rugosae
- Food plant: Saponaria
- C. sardocorsa
- C. sarehma
- C. sattleri
- C. saturatella
- Food plant: Aster
- C. sisteronica
- C. sodae
- C. soffneriella
- C. solenella
- Food plant: Suaeda
- C. subapicis
- C. subula
- C. succursella
- Food plant: Juncus
- C. tanaceti
- Food plant; Tanacetum vulgare
- C. taurica
- C. tauricella
- C. taygeti
- C. teheranella
- C. telonica
- C. teneriffella
- C. tenuis
- C. teredo
- C. texanella
- C. therinella
- Food plant: Tilia
- C. tolli
- C. tornata
- C. totanae
- C. tractella
- C. traganella
- Food plant: Traganum nudatum
- C. traugotti
- C. tremefacta
- C. tremula
- C. treskaensis
- C. trichopterella
- C. tricolor
- Food plant: Crataegus
- C. tringella
- C. triplicis
- Recorded food plants: Eupatorium, Inula
- C. tshogoni
- C. tundrosa
- C. turbatella
- C. turolella
- C. tyrrhaenica
- C. ucrainae
- C. uliginosella
- Food plant: Prunus
- C. unipunctella
- Food plant: Chenopodium
- C. univittella
- C. uralensis
- C. vacciniella
- Food plants: Poaceae
- C. vancouverensis
- C. vanderwolfi
- C. varensis
- C. variicornis
- C. ventadelsolella
- C. vermiculatella
- C. vernoniaeella
- Food plant: Salix
- C. zhusani
References
Moths
Coleophora